Recent reviews by Smelly Alex

Disclaimer: My first 'proper' review of a game.


Pros:

• Concept
  
• Game Mechanics
  
• Sprinting (Timesaver!)
  
• Visuals

Cons:

• Price
  
• Bad execution.
  
• 'Puzzle' game.
  
• Buggy. (Clip through platforms, cubes getting stuck, cubes randomly resetting.)

After completing the singleplayer with all collectibles, and as much as I would love to recommend this game, I just can't.
Don't get me wrong, the concept for this game is amazing and the potential is there if they want to expand on it.

Price
It's just that for €11 you aren't getting what you paid for. The length of the game, even when getting all collectibles and completing all the bonus levels (apart from co-op) is just over an hour. I would definitely recommend this if you could get it for <€3, but any more is just not worth the €/hour value.

Concept
Now for the concept, the idea and potential in the game mechanics is great, but the execution is lacking. Quite a lot.
The game reminded me a lot of Q.U.B.E. mixed with Portal. The visuals are kinda similar to these two games, and the game mechanics for the 'puzzles' have some similarities to these two games. But they just fall short in the puzzle department.

'Puzzle' tag
After playing through the game it's more like a platformer/cubethrow than a real puzzle game. The only real puzzle element in this was finding the place to place/throw cubes at. After you found those it was all just platforming to the end of the level and onto the next one. Occasionally you would miss a collectible that you'd have to look for, but most of those you would come across regularly, or find when you would miss a jump.
There wasn't a single moment in the game where I had to think about what to do in the level beforehand, it was all just look for the cube and the platform to put it on to advance.

My final verdict for this game would be a 4/10.
I encountered too many random bugs for it to score any higher, from me clipping through platforms to my cube just randomly resetting when I was trying to use the launch pads.

Just plain amazing.
If you like beat 'm ups, this game is perfect for you with 4 starting characters with different fighting styles to choose from, and a bunch of additional characters that get unlocked by playing through the story.

Only downside is that there is no multiplayer. :c

Definitely would recommend playing this, it's amazingly fast-paced and exciting, which makes it a brilliant game.